Hiking is the national pastime in Korea and you don't have to go far to find a great hike. Here are the trails that we have found in the Bundang area listed basically north to south:
Namhansanseong
Distance: 13.6 km
Time: 4 hrs
Ascent: 707m
Max. Alt: 489 m
Max. Slope: 27.7%
Average Slope: 10.2%
Meeting Place: Namhansaneong Exit 1
If you walk toward the fortress from the station and get on Bus 9 at Sangwon Elementary you can make it a 7.7 km loop without the climb up the mountain but on busy days it is faster to walk up the mountain.
Youngjangsan to Namhansanseong
Distance: 17.9 km
Time: 5 ½ hrs
Ascent: 919 m
Max. Alt: 514 m
Max. Slope: 31.4%
Average Slope: 10.9%
Meeting Place: Imae Exit 2
Youngjangsan Namhansanseong Combo
See map above
Distance: 25.7 km
Time: 7 1/2 hrs
Ascent: 1786 m
Max. Alt: 514 m
Max. Slope: 34.1%
Average Slope: 10.9%
Meeting Place: Imae Exit 2
Youngjangsan
Distance: 13.6 km
Time: 3 ½ hrs
Ascent: 622 m
Max. Alt: 415 m
Max. Slope: 30.2%
Average Slope: 8.4%
Meeting Place: Imae Exit 2
Yuldong Trail
Distance: 12.7 km
Time: 3 hrs
Ascent: 497 m
Max. Alt: 263 m
Max. Slope: 25.4%
Average Slope: 7%
Meeting Place: Sunae McDonalds
Youngjangsan with Yuldong extension
See the previous two maps
Distance: 15.6 km
Time: 4 hrs
Ascent:
Max. Alt: 415 m
Max. Slope: 30.2%
Average Slope:
Meeting Place: Imae Exit 2
Happy Hour
Distance: 7.87 km
Time: 1 ½ hours (Mountain biking)
Ascent: 350 m
Max. Alt: 301 m
Max. Slope: 32.1%
Average Slope: 8.6%
Meeting Place: KIS
You can access the trail from the bus parking lot behind G-Building but if you are on a mountain bike you will be carrying it.
Happy Hour Woomi Route
See map above
Distance: 7.2 km
Time: 2 hours
Ascent: 350 m
Max. Alt: 301 m
Max. Slope: 33.0%
Meeting Place: KIS or Good Morning Hill
This is the trail many people take home from KIS to Good Morning Hill.
nazraT
Distance: 10 km
Time: 2.5 hours
Ascent: 362 m
Max. Alt: 311 m
Max. Slope: 36.3%
Average Slope: 6.9%
Meeting Place: Sunae McDonald’s
nazraT-Toms’
Distance: 14.2 km
Time: 3 ½ hrs
Ascent: 793 m
Max. Alt: 300 m
Max. Slope: 42.1%
Average Slope: 10.3%
Meeting Place: Sunae McDonald’s
Toms’ Trail
Distance: 12.8 km
Time: 3 hrs
Ascent: 621 m
Max. Alt: 369 m
Max. Slope: 26.5%
Average Slope: 9.7%
Meeting Place: Holly’s Coffee
Woomi Trail
Distance: 12.0 km
Time: 3.5 hrs
Ascent: 718 m
Max. Alt: 533 m
Max. Slope: 36.2 %
Average Slope: 11.2%
Meeting Place: Good Morning Hill or Ori Station
Jones Loop
Inner loop on the map above
Distance: 10.9 km
Time: 3.0 hrs
Ascent: 505 m
Max. Alt: 341 m
Max. Slope: 22.1 %
Average Slope: 9.2%
Meeting Place: Good Morning Hill or Ori Station
Woomi to Suwon
Distance: 14.9 km
Time: 5.0 hrs
Ascent: 1118 m
Max. Alt: 582 m
Max. Slope: 39.6 %
Average Slope: 9.9%
Meeting Place: Good Morning Hill or Ori Station
How to get home afterwards: Grab the 2-5 bus at the Gyanggyo Park bus stop. The bus will follow a river then take a 90 degree left
across the river. Get off just after the first major intersection after the turn. Get on the 720-1 bus which runs within easy walking
distance of Good Morning Hill, Jeongja, and Sunae.
Woomi to Anyang
Distance: 15.9 km
Time: 6.0 hrs
Ascent: 1390 m
Max. Alt: 582 m
Max. Slope: 35.9 %
Average Slope: 8.1%
Meeting Place: Good Morning Hill or Ori Station
How to get home afterwards: When you get down to the road in Anyang, go right until you reach the first bus stop. Take the 1-1 bus. Get off at the first stop after the 1-1 bus crosses a small river. Hang a right and walk to the first bus stop. Catch the 1303 bus which goes to Sunae, Jeongja, and Ori.
Now That's a Hike!
Ori Station to Cheonggysan Station
Distance: 24.0 km
Time: 9.0 hrs
Ascent: 1472 m
Max. Alt: 621 m
Max. Slope: 36.4 %
Average Slope: 11.6%
Meeting Place: Good Morning Hill or Ori Station
To get these files onto your own Garmin download and install BaseCamp for Mac. Do not try the PC version for your PC at home.
It is missing many important capabilities. Then download my Bundang Trails files above and click on it in your downloads folder.
They will open in BaseCamp. Select any tracks of waypoints you want, then right click. If you have your Garmin plugged in to your
Macbook the top option will be "send to GPS". Click it and magically you now have maps of the Bundang Trails on your own GPS.
Awesome!
I also have a free Garmin compatible map of South Korea which includes many of the trails and most of the roads. But, it refuses to upload to the wiki. If you want it bring me your Garmin and I will upload it for you.
Hiking
Hiking is the national pastime in Korea and you don't have to go far to find a great hike. Here are the trails that we have found in the Bundang area listed basically north to south:Namhansanseong
Distance: 13.6 kmTime: 4 hrs
Ascent: 707m
Max. Alt: 489 m
Max. Slope: 27.7%
Average Slope: 10.2%
Meeting Place: Namhansaneong Exit 1
If you walk toward the fortress from the station and get on Bus 9 at Sangwon Elementary you can make it a 7.7 km loop without the climb up the mountain but on busy days it is faster to walk up the mountain.
Youngjangsan to Namhansanseong
Distance: 17.9 km
Time: 5 ½ hrs
Ascent: 919 m
Max. Alt: 514 m
Max. Slope: 31.4%
Average Slope: 10.9%
Meeting Place: Imae Exit 2
Youngjangsan Namhansanseong Combo
See map aboveDistance: 25.7 km
Time: 7 1/2 hrs
Ascent: 1786 m
Max. Alt: 514 m
Max. Slope: 34.1%
Average Slope: 10.9%
Meeting Place: Imae Exit 2
Youngjangsan
Distance: 13.6 km
Time: 3 ½ hrs
Ascent: 622 m
Max. Alt: 415 m
Max. Slope: 30.2%
Average Slope: 8.4%
Meeting Place: Imae Exit 2
Yuldong Trail
Distance: 12.7 km
Time: 3 hrs
Ascent: 497 m
Max. Alt: 263 m
Max. Slope: 25.4%
Average Slope: 7%
Meeting Place: Sunae McDonalds
Youngjangsan with Yuldong extension
See the previous two mapsDistance: 15.6 km
Time: 4 hrs
Ascent:
Max. Alt: 415 m
Max. Slope: 30.2%
Average Slope:
Meeting Place: Imae Exit 2
Happy Hour
Distance: 7.87 km
Time: 1 ½ hours (Mountain biking)
Ascent: 350 m
Max. Alt: 301 m
Max. Slope: 32.1%
Average Slope: 8.6%
Meeting Place: KIS
You can access the trail from the bus parking lot behind G-Building but if you are on a mountain bike you will be carrying it.
Happy Hour Woomi Route
See map above
Distance: 7.2 km
Time: 2 hours
Ascent: 350 m
Max. Alt: 301 m
Max. Slope: 33.0%
Meeting Place: KIS or Good Morning Hill
This is the trail many people take home from KIS to Good Morning Hill.
nazraT
Distance: 10 km
Time: 2.5 hours
Ascent: 362 m
Max. Alt: 311 m
Max. Slope: 36.3%
Average Slope: 6.9%
Meeting Place: Sunae McDonald’s
nazraT-Toms’
Distance: 14.2 km
Time: 3 ½ hrs
Ascent: 793 m
Max. Alt: 300 m
Max. Slope: 42.1%
Average Slope: 10.3%
Meeting Place: Sunae McDonald’s
Toms’ Trail
Distance: 12.8 km
Time: 3 hrs
Ascent: 621 m
Max. Alt: 369 m
Max. Slope: 26.5%
Average Slope: 9.7%
Meeting Place: Holly’s Coffee
Woomi Trail
Distance: 12.0 km
Time: 3.5 hrs
Ascent: 718 m
Max. Alt: 533 m
Max. Slope: 36.2 %
Average Slope: 11.2%
Meeting Place: Good Morning Hill or Ori Station
Jones Loop
Inner loop on the map above
Distance: 10.9 km
Time: 3.0 hrs
Ascent: 505 m
Max. Alt: 341 m
Max. Slope: 22.1 %
Average Slope: 9.2%
Meeting Place: Good Morning Hill or Ori Station
Woomi to Suwon
Distance: 14.9 km
Time: 5.0 hrs
Ascent: 1118 m
Max. Alt: 582 m
Max. Slope: 39.6 %
Average Slope: 9.9%
Meeting Place: Good Morning Hill or Ori Station
How to get home afterwards: Grab the 2-5 bus at the Gyanggyo Park bus stop. The bus will follow a river then take a 90 degree left
across the river. Get off just after the first major intersection after the turn. Get on the 720-1 bus which runs within easy walking
distance of Good Morning Hill, Jeongja, and Sunae.
Woomi to Anyang
Distance: 15.9 km
Time: 6.0 hrs
Ascent: 1390 m
Max. Alt: 582 m
Max. Slope: 35.9 %
Average Slope: 8.1%
Meeting Place: Good Morning Hill or Ori Station
How to get home afterwards: When you get down to the road in Anyang, go right until you reach the first bus stop. Take the 1-1 bus. Get off at the first stop after the 1-1 bus crosses a small river. Hang a right and walk to the first bus stop. Catch the 1303 bus which goes to Sunae, Jeongja, and Ori.
Now That's a Hike!
Ori Station to Cheonggysan Station
Distance: 24.0 km
Time: 9.0 hrs
Ascent: 1472 m
Max. Alt: 621 m
Max. Slope: 36.4 %
Average Slope: 11.6%
Meeting Place: Good Morning Hill or Ori Station
Here is a Google Earth File of all of the trails:
Here is a Garmin File of all of the trails:
To get these files onto your own Garmin download and install BaseCamp for Mac. Do not try the PC version for your PC at home.
It is missing many important capabilities. Then download my Bundang Trails files above and click on it in your downloads folder.
They will open in BaseCamp. Select any tracks of waypoints you want, then right click. If you have your Garmin plugged in to your
Macbook the top option will be "send to GPS". Click it and magically you now have maps of the Bundang Trails on your own GPS.
Awesome!
I also have a free Garmin compatible map of South Korea which includes many of the trails and most of the roads. But, it refuses to upload to the wiki. If you want it bring me your Garmin and I will upload it for you.
There will be more maps as I create them.